This is exactly what the founding fathers of the US warned us against. Call your elected representatives today.
The federal agency’s primary concern is now centered around thwarting “homegrown terrorism,” but information produced and used by the DHS to train its personnel routinely equates conservative political ideology with domestic extremism.
A study funded by the Department of Homeland Security that was leaked last year characterizes Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority,” and “reverent of individual liberty” as “extreme right-wing” terrorists.
While Americans are being browbeaten with rhetoric about the necessity to give up semi-automatic firearms in the name of preventing school shootings, the federal government is arming itself to the teeth with both ammunition and guns. Last September, the DHS purchased no less than 7,000 fully automatic assault rifles, labeling them “Personal Defense Weapons.”
There are alternate plausible explanations. It could very well be a plan to remove these rifles and ammunition from circulation by simply buying them up. The secondary effect of this will be to drive up the cost of remaining stocks to the point of being prohibitive for the average person to buy. Perhaps it is a second line of attack. If restrictive gun laws fail the legislative process, then restrict the availability of guns and ammo. Just sayin…
Completely implausible and wishful thinking. These are fully automatic rifles. People need to acknowledge what is happening and call up their representatives immediately.
Sorry … skimming … missed the ‘fully auto’ part
One day you’ll see them for sale at a Government Surplus Auction as scrap metal.
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”
Thomas Jefferson
I agree, contact your representatives to stop this lunacy, then we can buy ammo cheap at the auction.
This is a PDW Personal Defense Weapon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_P90
An M16 is an offense/ assault weapon for short range fighting to about 400 yards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle
If DHS had purchased M16 with this upper they would be considered PDWs
http://www.tacticalammunition.com/AR-15-Pistol-upper-assembly-TA88-0281.htm
If they also had folding stocks.
Such as this 556P SBR
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/classifieds-upload-nfafirearms153644.jpg